What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
What is a life?… Enchanted chapter after enchanted chapter. Beseeched from birth to be exactly who you are, and to be loved for it. I understand how fortunate I am to have that. And I want this galactic realm, and all my people in it, to understand that our love-ecosystem is symbiotic, from every POV. Whether dancing my feet off, protesting, meditating for unity, loving on you, fighting with you, holding you, holding space for me, writing, directing, acting, voicing characters, and everything in between — I adore you too! 🌀 1. They say I have no rhythm. Fuuug that. People don’t dance enough at parties, so make a hole. 2. Blerd life. Studious and introspective. With the shenanigans and shits. All are true. Quantum. Three proper degrees, four certificates… and all I wanna do is learn even more so I can pour all of these curiosities into characters on-screen. 3. Improv your way through life. It’s fine. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and neither do I. Like this night. No clue I’d be tapped on my shoulder to make shit up in front of an audience. But I’m good at it. Y’all are too. 4. Dialed in. Don’t think I can ever ingest enough about the subtext of this man. As soon as I put one book down, there’s another… 5. Never slippin’. 6. If I were a care bear. 7. Feed me from the earth. 8. That Baltimore girl. 🤺 9. Nature is my religion. Outside, the conduit.
One joyful girl out in the world… 🤸🏾♀️ The earth spins with or without your participation, so just rock with it! 🔆 #Maxwell #HollywoodBowl #LastMinutePlans #Joy #Energy #Gratitude #Chaos (the good kind)
One joyful girl out in the world… 🤸🏾♀️ The earth spins with or without your participation, so just rock with it! 🔆 #Maxwell #HollywoodBowl #LastMinutePlans #Joy #Energy #Gratitude #Chaos (the good kind)
One joyful girl out in the world… 🤸🏾♀️ The earth spins with or without your participation, so just rock with it! 🔆 #Maxwell #HollywoodBowl #LastMinutePlans #Joy #Energy #Gratitude #Chaos (the good kind)
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
Cynthia, you deserve light and kindness. Beauty. Generosity. Divine healing energy… All of the things you send out into this world. I see you, I’m proud of you, and I’m grateful to call you a friend. Thank you for sharing your sisterhood, and for stewarding these moments! So many good things ahead… 🪷 @cynthiabailey #Rest #Relax #Retreat #Rejuvenate #Bond
But did you play today? ☀️ 📷: @reginaldlashaunclay
Why do what we do? Alchemy. With every encounter, we are transformed. Most of our alchemy happens outside of the view of the lens. And when it does reach a lens, it’s a reunion of many lifetimes — your own, others… My heart is often bursting at the seams, and in that, even more chamber-space is forged for my tribe to settle into it. Thank you, Kasi Lemmons, for being a wizard of light — in your life and your art — even for those who have yet to meet you in the flesh. Thank you, Jeff Byrd, for illuminating the way for so many. I am grateful. Thank you, to every soul in these photos, including my own soul, for answering the calls of your spirit — we are all better for it. Shoulders, upon shoulders, upon shoulders, we stand. In the cogent words of George Bernard Shaw: (Beautifully read by Jurnee Smollett last night) “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” #DirectorsGuildofAmerica #DGA
Why do what we do? Alchemy. With every encounter, we are transformed. Most of our alchemy happens outside of the view of the lens. And when it does reach a lens, it’s a reunion of many lifetimes — your own, others… My heart is often bursting at the seams, and in that, even more chamber-space is forged for my tribe to settle into it. Thank you, Kasi Lemmons, for being a wizard of light — in your life and your art — even for those who have yet to meet you in the flesh. Thank you, Jeff Byrd, for illuminating the way for so many. I am grateful. Thank you, to every soul in these photos, including my own soul, for answering the calls of your spirit — we are all better for it. Shoulders, upon shoulders, upon shoulders, we stand. In the cogent words of George Bernard Shaw: (Beautifully read by Jurnee Smollett last night) “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” #DirectorsGuildofAmerica #DGA
Why do what we do? Alchemy. With every encounter, we are transformed. Most of our alchemy happens outside of the view of the lens. And when it does reach a lens, it’s a reunion of many lifetimes — your own, others… My heart is often bursting at the seams, and in that, even more chamber-space is forged for my tribe to settle into it. Thank you, Kasi Lemmons, for being a wizard of light — in your life and your art — even for those who have yet to meet you in the flesh. Thank you, Jeff Byrd, for illuminating the way for so many. I am grateful. Thank you, to every soul in these photos, including my own soul, for answering the calls of your spirit — we are all better for it. Shoulders, upon shoulders, upon shoulders, we stand. In the cogent words of George Bernard Shaw: (Beautifully read by Jurnee Smollett last night) “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” #DirectorsGuildofAmerica #DGA
Why do what we do? Alchemy. With every encounter, we are transformed. Most of our alchemy happens outside of the view of the lens. And when it does reach a lens, it’s a reunion of many lifetimes — your own, others… My heart is often bursting at the seams, and in that, even more chamber-space is forged for my tribe to settle into it. Thank you, Kasi Lemmons, for being a wizard of light — in your life and your art — even for those who have yet to meet you in the flesh. Thank you, Jeff Byrd, for illuminating the way for so many. I am grateful. Thank you, to every soul in these photos, including my own soul, for answering the calls of your spirit — we are all better for it. Shoulders, upon shoulders, upon shoulders, we stand. In the cogent words of George Bernard Shaw: (Beautifully read by Jurnee Smollett last night) “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” #DirectorsGuildofAmerica #DGA
Thank you. ✨ What an honor it’s been to serve the past 4 years on the executive Board of Directors — two years as Vice Chair — of @NFMLA, an organization that’s been a sanctuary and springboard for so many global filmmakers and their careers. In that time, it was my pleasure to co-lead the organization in cementing some of our biggest partnerships, stamp progressive internal evolutions, and embrace our local and international film communities during some of the most trying times in recent history. We kept going, and prospered, through a pandemic. Made a home for those who felt lost after the murder of George Floyd. Forged a safe place for expression in a country trying to find its footing in so many ways. Ushered filmmakers into major studios and international visibility. I met so many decision makers. Became one myself. And in 2022, I couldn’t contain the inspiration I’d been infected with from the film community I’d helped to lead, and I knew I had a calling to fulfill myself… To join them. I’m forever grateful to my fellow board members for giving me their brightest blessings when I decided to take a hiatus from leadership to direct my first feature film and to finish my master certificate in screenwriting. And, for wrapping their arms around me as I forge onward in the spirit for which I first came to Los Angeles. You all have no idea what your energy, encouragement, and opened doors have meant to me. I have done (almost) all the things. Now it’s time to hone in, evolved and better for it, so that this creative cup can continue running over as an actor, writer, and filmmaker. Larry, Danny, Varda, David, Franco, Steven, Demian, Margaret — much love to you special, special humans. See you on the other side! (Ok, so dramatic — see you soon when I’m done with post and we catch up for dinner…) ✨
